Acute stress can be devastating. A single instance of extraordinary stress can sometimes produce PTSD (APA, 2022). Acute, relatively short-term stresses are nothing to take lightly, especially when ...

Stress is our body’s response to any demand, challenge or change that disrupts our usual norms, explains Adrian Jacques Ambrose, MD, MPH, MBA, a psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia ...

America's college students seem to be more stressed than ever, with a new report finding a sharp rise in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD) on campuses ...

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 2, State Monetary Sanctions and the Costs of the Criminal Legal System: The Consequences of Monetary Sanctions (JANUARY ...

Stress has earned a bad reputation in today’s society. With countless articles, books, and programs emphasizing the importance of stress reduction, it’s easy to forget that not all stress is ...

What is stress? What causes it? And how can we manage it? TV GP Dr Ellie Cannon and aromatherapist Jo Kellett explain Stress ...

While research has demonstrated that stress can impact immune function, the exact mechanisms by which these alterations occur in the brain remain unknown. A new Nature study explores how acute ...

A new study by researchers at Mass General Brigham finds that patients who undergo unscheduled or unplanned cesarean deliveries are at substantially increased risk of experiencing acute psychological ...

Allostatic load refers to the cumulative effects of stress on the body over time. The concept comes from a scientific theory on how stress affects physical health. According to the theory, high or ...